Method of molding a composite sheet
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJeffery N. Conley, Charles Alan Rocco
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Abstract
A method is provided for molding a composite sheet in an injection molding press including a female mold tool and a cooperating male mold tool. The method includes the steps of loading the composite sheet into an open mold, positioning a heating element between the composite sheet and the female mold tool to preheat the composite sheet and a cavity of the female mold tool and removing the heating element and closing the mold.
Claims20
A method of molding a composite sheet in an injection molding press including a female mold tool and a cooperating male mold tool, comprising:
- loading the composite sheet into an open mold;
- positioning a heating element between said composite sheet and the female mold tool to preheat the composite sheet and a cavity of the female mold tool;
- removing said heating element;
- and
- closing said mold.
An injection molding press, comprising:
- a female mold tool;
- a cooperating male mold tool;
- a plurality of locator pins projecting from said female mold tool;
- and
- a plurality of clearance springs, one spring of said plurality of clearance springs being received concentrically around each of said plurality of locator pins for holding a composite sheet a desired distance from a face of said female mold tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.